maatRudevo bhava-MAY YOUR MOTHER BE GOD UNTO YOU.

May your mother be God unto you. May your father be god unto you. My your teacher be God unto you. May the guest be God unto you.

Pativrataa Dharma is on the same principle. May your husband be God unto you.___________________________________________________________________



BHAAVANA is a significant word in our scripture. BHAVA , the verb, means take on the bhaavana i.e. conviction with love . Bhaava is conviction.

GOD is in heaven, in temples , in scriptures , in puranas . Saints can call HIM down to earth . So teachers recommend representaives of GOD READILY AVAILABLE AT HOME. WHOM will you love and adore more than your parents and can easily accept as representatives of God ,if not as God Himself. As this BHAAVANA matures you will see God in outsiders too, in animals , in plant , in hills and in rivers.

A special Bhaavanaa is for women to love and adore the husband. These days women go out and earn and are economicaly independant of the husband. They feel below dignity to bow to a male, husband ( and elderly father .in.law.). They think of outward physical service which favours the male. But the inner strenght and spirituality is a definte gain for the wife and for her children and to the family.
Along with women, men also have denigrated in not showing respect to the poor purohit. Parasites living off the society, they feel. But they run to Godmen expecting some material gains.

All actions, including menial work , benefits us spiuritualy whosoever benefits physically.

Jesus's words - LOVE THY NEIGBHOUR must be ubderstood with the same bhaavanaa. It does not mean you can neglect people at homre. Selling house to help the neigbhour is foolish and pervert.